sharke
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Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
I'm in the market for some new blinds and I see some nice top-down bottom-up ones on the Bed Bath and Beyond website. I need 36.5" width. Price for the 36" width: $75 Price for the 36.5" width: $130 What sane person isn't going to find that price structure infuriating beyond belief. Bed Bath and Beyond Belief. There.
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craigb
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 02:07:22
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Size matters. Duh.
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 03:57:06
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If you were shopping online, I would guess you are suffering from computer assisted dynamic demand pricing. Using a tracking robot, information about you, or even the fact that you entered a certain criterion to limit your search on the browser searching other sites, or the site search itself, the vendor can know that what you want is a 36.5 width and magically adjust the price to match your need. Someone else could be seeing a completely different price for exactly the same thing at the same time.
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sharke
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 10:08:29
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Nope that's not it, I went in the store and talked to an employee and she confirmed the madness. She said that the higher price was because it was for a size "we wouldn't normally stock in store." I pointed out to her that this particular blind wasn't available in the store anyway, they only sell it on the website. She said "yeah but if we did sell it in store, we wouldn't stock that size." At that point my brain exploded some more and I had to leave.
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 10:08:51
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Is this about tuning, AGAIN?
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BobF
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 10:39:36
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SimpleZ ... the maschines make certain sizes in quantity. "Odd" sizes require hand construction by skilled, unionized labor, with full OSHA garb and break schedules
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 10:59:14
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If you can find your way to a LOWES store...Look at the Levolor brand. They will custom cut any size. I like them. $30 to $40.
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craigb
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 12:06:24
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Yep. That's a $36 blind at Home Depot too.
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Ham N Egz
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 12:28:17
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knock knock on the door open door person outsides says "hello, I am here for your venetian blinds" me," I already gave at the office"
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sharke
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 12:59:59
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BobF
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 13:03:09
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Know how to make a Venetian blind?
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sharke
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 13:25:28
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3 or 4 wraps of duct tape ought to do it.
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 13:43:23
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BobF Know how to make a Venetian blind?
No, but I know how to mascarpone.
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 14:01:58
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Pfft... Buy some smaller windows. Sorted.
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 14:01:58
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Pfft... Buy some smaller windows. Sorted.
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craigb
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 15:05:34
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☄ Helpfulby Zargg71 2016/03/21 07:08:30
Steve's in stereo today!
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BobF
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/19 15:14:03
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jamesg1213
BobF Know how to make a Venetian blind?
No, but I know how to mascarpone.
Man, the only things better than coagulated cream are deep fried cheese curds and bacon. Poke your finger in his eyes.
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/20 08:33:38
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sharke I'm in the market for some new blinds and I see some nice top-down bottom-up ones on the Bed Bath and Beyond website. I need 36.5" width. Price for the 36" width: $75 Price for the 36.5" width: $130 What sane person isn't going to find that price structure infuriating beyond belief. Bed Bath and Beyond Belief. There.
Dude ... that's perfect! That's World of Warcraft economy! It used to be called Reaganomics, but that term is long gone. It will soon be called Trumpthattrombone economics, I'm sure!
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57Gregy
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/20 10:33:08
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Is that the actual size of blind you need or is that the actual width of the window? As a former blind man, I know that the sizes listed on most stock blinds are the window size and the blind in the box is cut to fit that window. So if the box reads 35X64, the width of the blind will be ~34 3/8. Check if that's the case with these blinds and then see if they have a stock 37" blind, which will be about 36 3/8, if that's the blind size you need and not the window's width.
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sharke
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/20 11:36:23
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That's the width of the window. Good to hear you got your sight back btw
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/21 09:20:47
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Re: Stupid pricing of things making me so mad
2016/03/21 14:34:12
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57Gregy Seeing is good.
But is it really believing?
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